Stanley Cup Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Colorado Avalanche ( Avs lead 3-2)

[Spilot23]

Avalanche are the most talented team in the league, like Stamkos said.

Pretty sure he said the same thing last year

 

[Bounces R Way]

Not much doubt in my mind these are the two best teams in the league. Usually the finals don't really work out that way so excited to see these teams compete.

 

[MomoSissokko]

This serie has potential to be best final ever.... Or at least since 20 years

 

[JoeSakic13]

THE AVS ARE GETTING SWEPT. QUOTE ME WHEN IT’S DONE.

Narrator (Morgan Freeman): But they did not get swept and thus no quotes were made

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

God I am so excited for this one.


I just mentioned this on the Avs board... But for the last 2 years now for me its always been "If the Avs dont win I hope Tampa gets the b2b win" or "If the Avs dont win I hope Tampa gets the dynasty securing 3-peat"


I'm not exactly one to have a "2nd favorite team" per se, but this is easily the best case scenario for me for a Cup final. Either the Avs are the powerhouse team that finally ends the Bolts reign over the rest of the league.... Or Tampa gets the 3-peat and secures the dynasty.


Absolutely cannot wait for this series.

 

[Mobiandi]

They slept through the regular season and still ended with 110 pints, lol. That should tell you something. Tampa Bay stopped caring about the regular season years ago. They could be a dominant regular season team if they wanted to. 62 wins and +103 goal differential ring a bell?

They were 5th in the east. 110 points doesn't mean anything because the bottom 8 teams in the East were doormats.

 

[missionAvs]

There's just no way. No f***ing way. Bolts put us out in 5 with the gentleman's sweep. MacK spends the entire offseason binging on icecream.

Edit: Bolts are my second favorite team and local squad so at least there's that silver lining.

 

[KingAlfie11]

And if the Avs see they're losing they will try to injure Vasilevsky just they did versus St-Louis, Colorado is a very sneaky team!

 

[HawksDub89]

Avs in 5.

Bolts have been incredible but I think Colorado is an animal they haven’t seen yet.

(I will say Avs goaltending scares the shit out of me, so we’ll see)

 

[AvsBeacon]

Avalanche are the most talented team in the league, like Stamkos said.

Except at goaltender.

 

[leafsfan5]

Toronto gave Tampa their toughest challenge with their abundance of speed and skill. Avs have that in spades along with a player we didn't have, Cale Makar. Think it'll be too tough for the Bolts to stop the Avs offense here. Should be their toughest challenge out of the 3 years

But the goaltending difference is astronomical, your best bet against Vasi is to strike before he gets into a groove (e.g., first two games of NYR, first 5 games vs TOR). And unfortunately for Colorado, he looks locked in. Tampa should have no problem scoring on Keumper

I'll go Tampa in 7, but this can go either way and will be a classic

 

[DaBolts]

 

[Hockeyholic]

Poor Corey Perry, he's gonna lose his third straight Stanley Cup with three different teams.

Has that ever happened before?

Only guy I can think of is Propp (Lost with Philly x2, Minnesota x2, and Boston).

Murray Craven maybe too?

Bruins of 74-79?

Weren't all consecutive though.

 

[killa3312]

They were 5th in the east. 110 points doesn't mean anything because the bottom 8 teams in the East were doormats.

Nobody cares about the regular season. Congrats to the Florida Panthers on that amazing regular season, means nothing, lol.

 

[JoeSakic13]

 

[AvsBeacon]

Toronto gave Tampa their toughest challenge with their abundance of speed and skill. Avs have that in spades along with a player we didn't have, Cale Makar. Think it'll be too tough for the Bolts to stop the Avs offense here. Should be their toughest challenge out of the 3 years

But the goaltending difference is astronomical, your best bet against Vasi is to strike before he gets into a groove (e.g., first two games of NYR, first 5 games vs TOR). And unfortunately for Colorado, he looks locked in. Tampa should have no problem scoring on Keumper

I'll go Tampa in 7, but this can go either way and will be a classic

Your series was awesome! Toronto looked better with the "eye" test but Tampa's resilience and playoff winning experience pulled through for them.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

The Avs are levels better than either Dallas or Montréal the past two seasons were. That's not up for debate. But the experience of two Cup runs + beating three very good Eastern teams to get to this point is something that hopefully will serve the Lightning well.

 

[DaBolts]

Call me when y'all get one of these:

 

[Il Stugotz]

It was just another way of posting “The poll allows multiple votes and it’s been up for 5 seconds so redo the thread” but I thought it would be amusing

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

I predict whoever wins the series win the Stanley Cup.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Tampa will win in 4-5

Leafs fans will think they were 1 win away from a Stanley Cup. They just need to find a Cale Makar somehow

 

[Rangers79]

I don't care who wins it either way so I hope it goes 7 games and each one goes to OT

 

[TheDizee]

Short series unless Colorado runs Tampa's goaltender, which is certainly possible and actually likely if Kadri plays.

I like Tampa in 5.

 

[The Red Line]

Tampa just doesn't lose a series.

They'll give up games 1 or 2, but otherwise they take this thing over and get it done in 6.

 

[General Disarray]

The finals that everyone predicted